garments. Pastors will be
thrown into dungeons! Civil war will break out with huge casualties! Texas will
secede from the Union (let's hope). Disasters aplenty will devastate the entire
earth! Civilization will be ending fairly soon.

That's right - Glen Beck will be the next Martin Luther King, Jr!
As will Mike Huckabee, Tony Perkins, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz ... all the people
who absolutely detest the Supreme Court for being so dastardly as to
"redefine" marriage. They will lead demonstrations, sit-downs and
marches.

Just what city, they'll pick to define their Selma moment is yet to be
determined. Charleston? Maybe. After all, same-sex marriage has been blamed for
everything, why not use Charleston as a starting point? They could dare to be
outrageous and pick San Francisco, but the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
might spoil it by turning it into a fundraiser for the AIDS Emergency Fund.

The
Southern Baptist Convention closed
out this week's annual meeting by issuing a formal call for civil disobedience
against same-sex marriage. The statement was issued jointly by current SBC
president Ronnie Floyd and 16 former SBC presidents.

However, the SBC has riled its base by trying to ban the Confederate flag
instead of the rainbow flag. Not good timing. And a bit confusing for some of
the good ole boys who still believe that Jesse Helms was really God.

I don't know what's going to happen to us for the stand that we're
taking, but I think I can say for every one of us, we will give our lives
standing for the truth.

In the early days of Christianity, martyrdom
was considered the fast track to heaven and some people actually sought it out
for themselves. After people kept avidly feeding themselves to lions
(rhetorically), Christian leaders put a stop to the practice. Legitimate
martyrdom became while self-induced martyrdom became, well, stupid. The
brouhaha over homosexuals getting married has resulted in a martyrdom of the
Christian Right's own making, causing it to look very, very foolish.

Rev. Dan Vojir is has been writing/blogging on religion and politics for the better part of ten years. A former radio talk show host (Strictly Books €" Talk America Radio Network) and book publisher, Dan has connected with some of the most (more...)